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The City Council wants to offer free subway and bus fares to over one million New Yorkers living at or below 150% of the federal poverty level, a change that would mark a significant expansion of the cityâs Fair Fares program, amNewYork has learned.
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From Fair Fares to free fares? City Council to propose free subway, bus trips for over 1 million New Yorkers | amNewYork
The City Council wants to offer free subway and bus fares to over one million New Yorkers living at or below 150% of the federal poverty level, a change that
https://www.amny.com/nyc-transit/city-council-free-subway-bus-fair-fares/
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New York Transit Museum workers voted unanimously to unionize last week, seeking higher wages and better job security from management.
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New York Transit Museum workers unionize in unanimous vote as they seek better wages, job security | amNewYork
New York Transit Museum workers voted unanimously to unionize last week, seeking higher wages and better job security from management.
https://www.amny.com/nyc-transit/transit-museum-workers-unionize-vote/
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đ¨đ¨đ¨ BREAKING đ¨đ¨đ¨ The esteemed
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â the transit scribe famously labeled âDave Cologne of Street Blogs with the Knicks Situationâ â wants you to know he is *not* âAmericaâs Reporter.â Seems Mr. Cologne prefers âAmericaâs Sweetheart.â
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MTA giving an update on its new modern fare gate pilot at its full board meeting today. Officials say 31% of riders have used the new gates 12 million times.
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New York City Transit President Demetrius Crichlow yesterday slammed the Transport Workers Union (TWU) for its renewed push for legislation that would require the MTA to maintain two-person crews on all subway trains that currently have them.
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NYC Transit boss Crichlow lambasts transit union-backed effort to maintain two-person train crews | amNewYork
The NYC Transit president's comments came after the union recently revived its effort to mandate the MTA maintain a two-person crew â consisting of a driver
https://www.amny.com/news/nyc-transit-crichlow-union-two-person-train-crews/
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An MTA committee proceeded on Monday with recommending approval of the agencyâs next contract to extend the Second Avenue Subway into East Harlem.
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MTA committee advances next Second Avenue Subway Phase 2 contract, amid lawsuit to release federal funds | amNewYork
An MTA committee proceeded on Monday with recommending approval of the agency's next contract to extend the Second Avenue Subway into East Harlem.
https://www.amny.com/news/mta-committee-approves-second-avenue-subway-contract-phase-2/
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Want to know more about birding in the city, and get to try it out? Come join me to discuss
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's great new book Bird City on March 21 in Washington Heights!
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MTA Chair Janno Lieber in the agencyâs sunset park testing facility this AM announcing an RFP for its largest order of new subway cars ever. The 2,300 new cars will replace most of the A Division trains â the numbered lines.
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The first year of congestion pricing in New York saw straphangers take more than 90 million additional subway rides than in the previous year, a new report from the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the MTA (PCAC) found.
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Congestion pricing: NYC subways saw millions more riders during Manhattan toll programâs first year, transit group finds | amNewYork
The first year of congestion pricing in New York saw straphangers take more than 90 million additional subway rides than in the previous year, a new report
https://www.amny.com/nyc-transit/congestion-pricing-nyc-subways-ridership-report-2025/
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First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan, Mayor Zohran Mamdaniâs top cabinet member, said on Thursday that expanding metered parking is among possible revenue raisers the administration is considering to help close a sizable budget gap and fund its priorities.
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Top Mamdani deputy mayor doesnât rule out expanding metered parking to help close budget gap | amNewYork
First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan, Mayor Zohran Mamdani's top cabinet member, said on Thursday that expanding metered parking is among possible revenue raisers
https://www.amny.com/news/mamdani-deputy-mayor-metered-parking-budget-gap/
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Nearly 29,000 bicycle trips, on average, were made across the four major New York City bridges that span the East River last year, making 2025 the fifth straight year to hit an all-time high for cycling journeys over the waterwayâs crossings, amNewYork first reported.
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FIRST on amNY | Bicyclists across the East River bridges set record-high for fifth-straight year, DOT data says | amNewYork
Nearly 29,000 bicycle trips, on average, were made across the four major New York City bridges that span the East River last year, making 2025 the fifth
https://www.amny.com/news/bicyclists-east-river-bridges-record-high-2025/
about 2 months ago
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Transit advocates called out Mayor Zohran Mamdani for declining to increase funding for the cityâs discounted fare program in the preliminary budget proposal he released on Tuesday.
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Transit advocates call out Mamdani for leaving Fair Fares expansion out of preliminary budget | amNewYork
Transit advocates blasted Mayor Zohran Mamdani for declining to increase funding for the city's discounted fare program in the preliminary budget proposal he
https://www.amny.com/news/transit-advocates-mamdani-fair-fares-expansion/
about 2 months ago
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Mayor Mamdani signaled today that his administration is taking a serious look at advocatesâ renewed push to extend G train service to Forest Hills on weekends for the first time in 15 years â even though the MTA has the final call on whether that will happen.
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Mamdani says his admin is âdigging intoâ restoring weekend G train service to Forest Hills | amNewYork
Mayor Zohran Mamdani signaled on Wednesday that his administration is taking a serious look at advocates' renewed push to extend G train service to Forest
https://www.amny.com/news/mamdani-weekend-g-train-service-forest-hills/
about 2 months ago
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After 15 years running on a shortened weekend route, the G train should once again extend to Forest Hills on Saturdays and Sundays, a group of advocates and the New York Mets told the MTA and elected officials this week.
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âGârand slam? G train should resume weekend service to Forest Hills, transit advocates and the Mets tell MTA, Hochul and Mamdani | amNewYork
After 15 years running on a shortened weekend route, the G train should once again extend to Forest Hills on Saturdays and Sundays, a group of advocacy
https://www.amny.com/news/g-train-weekend-service-forest-hills-push/
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GDC sent a corrected release saying work will stop if the funds aren't resotred by 5pm. Likely they are awaiting the outcome of an emergency hearing that a Manhattan federal judge scheduled for the NY/NJ AGs' lawsuit today at 1pm.
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about 2 months ago
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As expected the Gateway Development Commission announces that work has stopped on the Hudson Tunnel Project since the Trump admin is still refusing to release federal funds it froze for the project in October.
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Uber and Lyft drivers are set to receive âjust causeâ protections from âunfair deactivations,â after the City Council voted yesterday to override ex-Mayor Eric Adamsâ 11th-hour veto of legislation to establish those safeguards.
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Uber, Lyft drivers celebrate as City Council overrides Adamsâ veto of âunfair deactivationsâ ban bill â amNewYork
Uber and Lyft drivers are set to receive "just cause" protections against being suddenly kicked off the apps that employ them, a practice known as "unfair
https://www.amny.com/nyc-transit/uber-lyft-city-council-unfair-deactivations-override/
2 months ago
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Andy Byford, once NYC Transitâs âtrain daddyâ and now the Amtrak official charged with overseeing the Penn Station redesign, said today that he needs to âfully come up to speedâ on dire warnings about the Gateway Tunnel project's impending pause.
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Penn Station redesign chief Andy Byford says heâs not fully âup to speedâ on looming Gateway Tunnel project breakdown â amNewYork
Andy Byford, once New York City Transit's "train daddy" and now Amtrak official charged with overseeing the Penn Station redesign, said on Wednesday that he
https://www.amny.com/news/penn-station-andy-byford-gateway-tunnel-project/
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A federal judge today sharply questioned Trump admin lawyers on their case for killing congestion pricing â specifically the idea that the president, via his transpo sec, has the power to void a contract approved by the previous admin. W/
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Congestion pricing: Judge grills Trump administration lawyers at hearing over fate of Manhattan toll and traffic program â amNewYork
A federal judge on Wednesday sharply questioned Trump administration lawyers on their legal arguments for killing the cityâs congestion pricing program â
https://www.amny.com/law/congestion-pricing-hearing-judge-trump-01282026/
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Sen. Schumer at a meeting of the Gateway Development Corporation, the entity overseeing the construction of the Gateway Tunnel project, testifies that the poject is "on the precipice of being derailed and maybe even killed" after President Trump froze funding for it in Oct.
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As new City Council Speaker Julie Menin names her leadership team and committee chair assignments on Thursday, two sources confirmed to amNewYork that she is set to appoint Council Member Shaun Abreu as the legislatureâs new chair of the Committee on Transportatio.
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Speaker Menin to tap Manhattanâs Shaun Abreu as next City Council Transportation chair: sources â amNewYork
As new City Council Speaker Julie Menin names her leadership team and committee chair assignments on Thursday, two sources confirmed to amNewYork that she is
https://www.amny.com/news/speaker-menin-shaun-abreu-transportation-chair/
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Monday marks one year since the congestion pricing cameras turned on and began charging drivers a $9 base toll to enter Manhattan below 60th Street during peak hours.
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Congestion pricing: 27 million fewer vehicles entered Manhattanâs Central Business District in first year of toll program, MTA says â amNewYork
Monday marks one year since the congestion pricing cameras turned on and began charging drivers a $9 base toll to enter Manhattan below 60th Street during
https://www.amny.com/news/congestion-pricing-27-million-fewer-vehicles/
3 months ago
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Governor Kathy Hochul
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Congestion pricing is working. The cameras are staying on.
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If you are a huge nerd like me, you may be wondering, "what about No. 6 trains that use the old City Hall Station to turn around at the end of their runs? What will they do during the Mamdani swearing-in?" Fear not.
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The MetroCard, an iconic piece of plastic utilized by countless New Yorkers to access the cityâs mass transit system for just over three decades, meets its demise on Dec. 31 at the age of 32.
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Remembering the MetroCard â NYCâs beloved subway and bus fare card, which goes the way of the token on Dec. 31 â amNewYork
The MetroCard, an iconic piece of plastic utilized by countless New Yorkers to access the city's mass transit system for just over three decades, meets its
https://www.amny.com/news/remember-metrocard-phase-out-december-31-2025/
3 months ago
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"ALBANY â Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to veto a controversial bill that would have required two operators aboard every subway train with more than two cars, sources told Streetsblog." W/Streetsblog's Man in Albany, Austin Jefferson --
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Hochul Will Veto Controversial Bill Mandating Two Operators on Most Subway Trains - Streetsblog New York City
Gov. Kathy Hochul's veto of the OPTO bill prevents the MTA from backsliding on cost savings and efficiency.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/19/hochul-will-veto-controversial-bill-mandating-two-operators-on-most-subway-trains
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MTA Chair Janno Lieber says the agency is still examining whether its new âEuropean styleâ of fare enforcement on buses would require the buses to stop (as currently happens) or they will be able to do it while the bus is moving.
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Outgoing City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams will not bring a measure to implement universal âdaylighting,â which would eliminate parking near intersections to make them safer, to a vote before the end of the bodyâs current session.
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Running out of daylight: Advocates fume over Speaker Adams not holding vote on universal âdaylightingâ street safety bill before yearâs end â amNewYork
Outgoing City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams will not bring a measure to implement universal "daylighting," which would eliminate parking near intersections
https://www.amny.com/news/speaker-adams-no-vote-daylighting-street-safety/
4 months ago
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Safe streets advocates renewed their call on Monday for installing a two-way protected bike lane along Brooklynâs Lafayette Avenue following an early morning crash that, police say, left an e-bike rider in critical condition.
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Safe streets advocates renew call for Brooklyn protected bike lane after driver hits, critically injures e-bike rider â amNewYork
Safe streets advocates renewed their call on Monday for installing a two-way protected bike lane along Brooklyn's Lafayette Avenue following an early morning
https://www.amny.com/news/advocates-brooklyn-protected-bike-lane-rider-struck/
4 months ago
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Queens F and M train riders gave mixed reactions to the two lines swapping their paths between the Worldâs Borough and Manhattan on Monday, the first day of the service change.
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The big subway switch: Queens straphangers offer mixed verdict on first day of F and M train swap â amNewYork
Asked about that decision during the news conference, NYC Transit Executive Vice President of Subways Bill Amarosa Jr. said it is keeping with the M's usual
https://www.amny.com/news/subway-switch-f-m-train-queens-straphangers/
4 months ago
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CM Shekar Krishnan said yesterday he expects his long-stalled bill, aimed at strengthening protections for Uber/Lyft drivers from being kicked off the platforms through âunfair deactivations,â to receive a vote before the current City Councilâs session ends in 2 weeks.
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Queens lawmaker expects bill guarding against âunfair deactivationsâ for Uber/Lyft drivers to get vote before yearâs end | amNewYork
A Queens lawmaker said on Thursday that he expects his legislation, aimed at strengthening protections for Uber and Lyft drivers from being kicked off the
https://www.amny.com/news/job-security-uber-lyft-drivers-deactivations/
4 months ago
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Personal news: Iâm taking on a new beat as amNYâs transit reporter. Will be covering all things MTA and DOT. Hit me up with your tips/ideas on the subways, buses, street scape, ferries and all other modes of getting around!
4 months ago
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Democratic mayoral nominee and frontrunner
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addressed a crowd of 3,000 supporters at a campaign rally in Washington Heights on Monday night, encouraging New Yorkers to leave the status quo behind.
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NYC Mayorâs Race: Mamdani rallies his supporters in Washington Heights with impassioned message to reject the status quo | amNewYork
Zohran Mamdani addressed a crowd of 3,000 supporters at a campaign rally encouraging New Yorkers to leave the status quo behind.
https://www.amny.com/news/mamdani-rally-washington-heights-10132025/
6 months ago
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A group of some of New Yorkâs most influential female elected officials joined Democratic mayoral nominee and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani on Friday to slam President Trumpâs Justice Department for indicting state Attorney General Letitia James.
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AG James indictment: Mamdani rallies with female elected officials against âbaselessâ Trump DOJ criminal case | amNewYork
A group of some of New York's most influential female elected officials joined Democratic mayoral nominee and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani on Friday to slam
https://www.amny.com/news/ag-james-indictment-mamdani-rally-trump-10102025/
6 months ago
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Curtis Sliwa says he wonât abandon mayoral run amid mounting pressure, experts told amNY thatâs probably true
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NYC Mayorâs Race: Sliwa says he wonât abandon run amid mounting pressure, experts say thatâs probably true | amNewYork
Republican mayoral nominee Curtis Sliwa maintains that there is only one way that he will exit the New York City mayor's race.
https://www.amny.com/news/sliwa-not-leaving-nyc-mayors-race/
6 months ago
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BREAKING: Mayor Eric Adams quits re-election campaign after sagging in polls
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BREAKING: Mayor Eric Adams quits re-election campaign after sagging in polls | amNewYork
Eric Adams will officially be a one-term mayor.
https://www.amny.com/news/eric-adams-quits-mayor-re-election-campaign/
6 months ago
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Updated the story to reflect the announcement that ABC reinstated Kimmel and he will return on Tuesday night. Waiting to hear from
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6 months ago
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EXCLU:
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will announce today he is cancelling a televised town hall with WABC News planned for Sept. 25 in the wake of the network suspending comedian Jimmy Kimmelâs late-night show last week.
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EXCLUSIVE | Mamdani to pull planned ABC town hall event after network suspended Jimmy Kimmelâs show | amNewYork
Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani will announce Monday that he is cancelling a televised town hall with WABC News planned for Sept. 25 in the wake of
https://www.amny.com/news/mamdani-pull-abc-town-hall-jimmy-kimmel-suspension/
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Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, one of the three key Albany leaders, said he is âwholy supportiveâ of Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdaniâs affordability agenda today, adding heâs ânot concernedâ that moderate Gov. Kathy Hochul will prevent it from being passed.
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NYC Mayorâs Race: Speaker Heastie backs Mamdaniâs Albany agenda, says heâs ânot concernedâ about Hochul pushback | amNewYork
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, one of the three key Albany leaders, said he is "wholy supportive" of Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani's affordability
https://www.amny.com/news/speaker-heastie-supports-mamdani-mayor-agenda/
7 months ago
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Mayor Eric Adamsâ campaign continued to insist today that Hizzoner would stay in the mayoral general election, even while saying that it would conduct its own âindependent pollâ to make a decision on whether or not he will drop out.
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NYC Mayorâs Race: Adams campaign says its future may rest with âindependentâ internal poll | amNewYork
Mayor Eric Adams' campaign continued to insist Thursday that Hizzoner would stay in the mayoral general election.
https://www.amny.com/news/adams-campaign-internal-poll-mayor-campaign/
7 months ago
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Why is Eric Adams staying in the mayorâs race despite low polls? Experts offer a few possible reasons
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Why is Eric Adams staying in the mayorâs race despite low polls? Experts offer a few possible reasons | amNewYork
Mayor Eric Adams declared last Friday that he is staying in the New York City mayor's race because he is the only candidate who can defeat Democratic nominee
https://www.amny.com/news/eric-adams-nyc-mayors-race-low-polls/
7 months ago
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During a
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repeats an attack on rival Andrew Cuomo from the Dem primary, that the former gov's cutting of the state Advantage housing voucher program in 2011 "led to a skyrocketing of homelessness here in New York City."
7 months ago
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After days of denial, Mayor Eric Adams seemed to admit Friday that he is entertaining offers for other job opportunities, though he maintained that he continues to campaign robustly for re-election.
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NYC Mayorâs Race: Eric Adams publicly expresses openness to possible Trump job offers to end campaign | amNewYork
After days of denial, Mayor Eric Adams seemed to admit Friday that he is entertaining offers for other job opportunities, though he maintained that he
https://www.amny.com/news/eric-adams-trump-job-offers-mayor-race/
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As questions swirl around whether Mayor Adams will stay in the mayors race, amid reports he was offered a Trump admin job, Muslim leaders are endorsing his reelection bid at city hall.
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Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday falsely labeled socialist Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani âa communist,â echoing one of Republican President Donald Trumpâs frequent lines of attack against the City Hall frontrunner.
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NYC Mayorâs Race: Eric Adams labels democratic socialist Mamdani âa communist,â echoing a frequent Trump attack | amNewYork
Mayor Eric Adams falsely labeled socialist Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani "a communist," echoing President Donald Trump.
https://www.amny.com/news/eric-adams-mamdani-communist-trump-attack/
7 months ago
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Mayor Adams says Dem nominee
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7 months ago
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Mayor Eric Adams today declined to say whether his ex-chief adviser, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, is still volunteering on his long-shot reelection campaign just days after she was indicted on a slew of fresh bribery and conspiracy charges.
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NYC Mayorâs Race: Is recently 5-time indicted ex-Adams aide still volunteering on his reelection bid? He wonât say | amNewYork
Mayor Adams declined to say whether his ex-chief adviser, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, is still volunteering on his long-shot reelection campaign.
https://www.amny.com/news/ex-adams-aide-ingrid-lewis-martin-reelection-volunteering/
7 months ago
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On the heels of the latest corruption allegations against his former top aides, Mayor Eric Adams today said âhell noâ to the notion of him âstepping down,â while declining to explicitly condemn their actions.
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Mayor Adams says âhell noâ to stepping down amid latest bribery charges against ex-top aides | amNewYork
On the heels of the latest corruption allegations against his former top aides, Mayor Eric Adams on Friday said "hell no" to the notion of him "stepping
https://www.amny.com/news/mayor-adams-says-hell-no-to-stepping-down-amid-latest-bribery-charges-against-ex-top-aides/
8 months ago
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Mayor Adams says âhell noâ to the idea that he would step down as mayor now. âIâm never going to quit on the city of NY, weâve worked too hard to get here,â he says.
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Mayor Adamsâ general election rivals pounced on the latest corruption charges against his former top adviser, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, yesterday, as well as a report that another ex-top aide, Winnie Greco, handed a reporter a cash-stuffed potato chip bag the day before.
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NYC Mayorâs Race: Eric Adamsâ leading rivals pounce on latest swirl of corruption scandals | amNewYork
Mayor Eric Adams' leading November general election rivals pounced on the latest round of corruption charges against his former top adviser, Ingrid
https://www.amny.com/news/adams-rivals-pounce-corruption-scandals-mamdani-cuomo/
8 months ago
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